"I will speak to her heart," God said through the mouth of His prophet. Generous and joyful responding to the call to "go apart" with the Lord in silence and solitude, prayer and penance, opens the contemplative's heart to embrace the needs and concerns of the world.
Young women between the ages of eighteen and thirty, with exceptions made where there is good reason, are eligible as applicants to our Order. Normal good health, a high school education, and the proper qualities of mind and heart are the other broad requisites. We ask no dowry of our postulants other than that of the desire to make their lives a total gift of love to God.
To learn more about our Poor Clare way of life, you are welcome to write to:
The Poor Clare
Monastery of Our Lady of Mercy
300 North Sixtieth Street
Belleville, Illinois 62223